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Super Hero, Thriller, action film, drama film, thriller film
John Kruger, a U.S. Marshal who specializes in "erasing" witnesses, is given a new assignment by his superior, Arthur Beller: Lee Cullen has alerted the FBI that Cyrez executives have financed the creation of an electromagnetic rifle, whic…
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Drama, drama film
Ruth Anne "Bone" Boatwright is a young girl growing up in Greenville in the 1950s. Born out of wedlock to Anney, Bone lives with her mother and their extended family in a poor part of town. Anney loves Bone, but is still very much a child …
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Film Noir, Gangster Film, Police Film, Psychological Thriller, crime film, drama film, film noir
thumb|upright=1.2|Janet Leigh and Charlton Heston in Touch of Evil thumb|upright=1.2|Orson Welles as Hank Quinlan Along the U.S.–Mexico border, a time bomb placed inside a vehicle explodes, killing two people. Mexican special prosecutor Mi…
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Action, Adventure, Fantasy, action film, adventure film, fantasy film, sword and sorcery film
Sonja, a young, red-haired woman, is gang-raped and left for dead by soldiers of Queen Gedren, who murdered Sonja's parents and her brother after Sonja had rejected the queen's sexual advances and scarred Gedren's face. Answering Sonja's c…
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Fantasy, Modern-Day Fantasy, drama film, fantasy film, romance film, teen film
In Gatlin, South Carolina, teen Ethan Wate awakens from a recurring dream of a girl he has not met. He despairs of his small-town existence and dreams of leaving for college. On Ethan's first day of junior year, newcomer Lena Duchannes arr…
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Drama, Thriller, drama film
Ten years after escaping from Foxworth Hall, the surviving Dollanganger children—Cathy, Chris, and Carrie—attend the funeral of their adoptive father, Paul Sheffield, who took them in. They are still traumatized by their grandmother's abus…
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Fantasy, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, alien invasion, drama film, dystopian film, fantasy film, post-apocalyptic film, romance film, science fiction film, thriller film
Small parasitic aliens called "Souls", who travel to planets inserting themselves into a host body of that planet's dominant species while suppressing the host's consciousness, have taken over the human race. Deeming humans too violent to …
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Drama, Historie, drama film
Dido Elizabeth Belle Lindsay is born in 1761, the illegitimate daughter of Royal Navy officer Captain Sir John Lindsay, and enslaved African woman Maria Belle in the West Indies. After Dido's mother dies in 1769, Lindsay takes Dido to Engl…
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Drama, biographical film, drama film
In 2017, New York Times reporter Jodi Kantor receives a tip that actress Rose McGowan was sexually assaulted by Indiewood producer Harvey Weinstein. McGowan initially declines to comment, but later calls her back and describes an encounter…
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Historie, Romantic Drama, drama film, melodrama, romance film
The orphan Sophia is cared for in the convent of St. Ursula in the Dutch Republic just before the 17th century tulip mania. A marriage proposal from the far-older wealthy spice merchant Cornelis Sandvoort enables her to leave, with the gen…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Forensic, drama film, trial film
In New Orleans, an ex-employee perpetrates a mass shooting with a machine pistol at a stock brokerage firm. Eleven people are killed and several others wounded in the incident. Among the dead is Jacob Wood.
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Crime, Drama, Thriller, adventure film, crime film, drama film
In 1963 Texas, convicts Robert "Butch" Haynes and Terry Pugh escape from the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas. Looking for food, Terry stumbles into a house where eight-year-old Phillip Perry lives with his devout Jehovah's Witness …
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Biographical picture, Crime, Musical, Social Drama, action film, biographical film, blaxploitation film, coming-of-age film, crime film, drama film, hood film, thriller film
Marcus is a quiet boy who adores his mother Katrina, and the two live a relatively comfortable life on her drug-dealing income. After Marcus writes a song for his love interest Charlene, her stepfather sends her away to live with her grand…
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Drama, Romance Film, Sport, comedy drama, drama film, romantic comedy
Kate Moseley is a world-class figure skater representing the United States in the pairs event at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. She has genuine talent, but years of being spoiled by her wealthy widower father Jack have made her impos…
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LGBTQ-related film, Romantic Comedy, drama film, romantic comedy
Bridget Jones is ecstatic about her new relationship with Mark Darcy. However, her confidence is shattered when she meets Mark's assistant, the younger, beautiful, Rebecca Gillies. Working on morning TV show Sit-Up Britain, Bridget is offe…
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Biographical picture, Komödie, biographical film, comedy drama, comedy film
Struggling artist Rudy Ray Moore works in historic record store Dolphin's of Hollywood in 1970s L.A., trying to get on the air in the in-store radio station. He moonlights as an MC for his friend Ben Taylor and band at a club. Asking the c…
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Romantic Drama, drama film, romantic comedy
Nickie Ferrante, a well-known playboy, meets Terry McKay aboard the transatlantic ocean liner en route from Europe to New York. Each is romantically involved with someone else. After a series of meetings aboard the ship, they establish a f…
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Horror, drama film, horror film
Philip Connell, a disgraced children's puppeteer, is forced to return to his childhood home in Norfolk. The home, in disrepair due to a past fire, is shared by his decrepit uncle Maurice. Philip is haunted by a spider-like marionette calle…
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Erotic Thriller, Romance Film, crime film, drama film, erotic film, erotic thriller, mystery film, romance film
Original Sin is set in late 19th century Cuba during the Spanish rule, and flashes back and forth from the scene of a woman awaiting her execution while telling her story to a priest to the actual events of that story. Luis Vargas, a Cuban…
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Biographical picture, Drama, biographical film, drama film, musical film
On 12 October 1978, police are summoned to the Hotel Chelsea in New York City, where they find Nancy Spungen dead. Her boyfriend, former Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious, is taken into custody. Sid is driven to a police station and told to …
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Road Movie, Romantic Comedy, Tragic Comedy Film, romantic comedy
Drew Baylor is a shoe designer for Mercury, a global sportswear company. When his latest shoe, meant to be his great life accomplishment, is found to have a flaw, it costs the company $972 million, and Drew is shamed by his boss, Phil, bef…
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Drama, crime film, drama film
Jim Bennett is a Los Angeles literatures professor who uses gambling as a way of self-destruction. He ends up owing $260,000 to Lee, the proprietor of an exclusive, high-stakes underground gambling ring, and another $50,000 to Neville Bara…
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Drama, drama film
John, a single dad to four year old son Michael, has received a terminal cancer diagnosis. In his final exercise of urgency, the father must choose a new adoptive household for his son, as Michael's mother left them when Michael was 6 mont…
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Action, Swashbuckler, action film, superhero film, swashbuckler film
In 1850, California votes on whether to join the United States. Zorro, formerly Alejandro Murrieta, now known to the public as Don Alejandro De La Vega, foils a plot to steal the ballots. During the fight with a gunman named Jacob McGivens…
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